The cover story for this issue is about autophagy. John Arnst, ASBMB’s science writer, describes how Yoshinori Ohsumi’s work on the process, for which he won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, has opened up new avenues of investigation in cell and molecular biology. There is also a retrospective about Howard K. Schachman, a renowned biochemist and a leader in science policy. As always, the magazine offers a variety of stories, such as journal news, member updates and perspectives.

The cover story for this issue, written by John Arnst, details the pitfalls in trying to establish a baseline testosterone level in elite women athletes. There also is a special section that describes all the exciting programming scheduled for the next ASBMB annual meeting. The abstract submission deadline for the meeting is Nov. 17. As always, the magazine offers a variety of stories, such as journal news, member updates and essays.

At the end of each year, the Journal of Biological Chemistry
editors put together a compendium of minireviews. Now the compendium will be
entirely digital, which will allow readers to quickly navigate to reviews most
relevant to them. Visit www.jbc.org next month
to see the compendium.

The Journal of Lipid Research has a video illustrating a new paper about the structure of very low-density lipoproteins. The research team used a new technique called IPET to create the visualizations.

Donald F. Hunt, professor of chemistry and pathology at the University of Virginia, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass professor of chemistry and professor of chemical and systems biology and radiology at Stanford University, are two of the American Chemical Society’s 2017 National Award recipients

Columbia University announced that its top honor for achievement in biological and biochemical research, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize , this year went to Gary Felsenfeld of the National Institutes of Health. Felsenfeld won the recognition along with Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin of the Hebrew University for their